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Oral Answers to Questions

Jane Ellison Excerpts
Wednesday 6th February 2013

(11 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jane Ellison Portrait Jane Ellison (Battersea) (Con)
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Today is the United Nations international day of zero tolerance to female genital mutilation. Does the Prime Minister agree that Britain should be doing all it can to combat this dreadful abuse of the human rights of women and girls overseas and here in the UK?

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton Portrait The Prime Minister
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I completely agree with my hon. Friend. She is right to raise this matter. The Government have made progress by chairing a forum to look right across the piece, including at what we do overseas through our aid programme to prevent the horrific practice of female genital mutilation and at what we do here to ensure that the Crown Prosecution Service and others are aware of the law and do everything they can to ensure that it is properly prosecuted.